Provides for emergency appropriation for the period April 1, 2025 through May 7, 2025

Where it stands

Signed into law.

Rules · New York State Assembly

Also referred to Rules · New York State Senate, Ways and Means · New York State Assembly.

Purpose, from the sponsor's memo

This bill provides appropriations to various State departments and agen- cies to permit certain payments due from April 1 to May 7, 2025, to be made absent enactment of the Budget appropriation bills submitted by the Governor for the State fiscal year beginning April 1, 2025. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 authorizes the Comptroller to utilize the appropriations contained in this bill, which relate to the 2025-26 State fiscal year, absent enactment of the 2025-26 Budget. Section 2 provides $346.8 million in additional appropriation authority for personal service payments scheduled to be made to State officers and employees on the payrolls scheduled to be paid between April 1, 2025, and May 7, 2025, including active National Guard members on the Division of Military and Naval Affairs emergency payroll. This appropriation also includes payment for services performed by mentally ill or develop- mentally disabled persons who are employed in State operated special employment, work for pay or sheltered workshop programs. Section 3 continues $34 million in appropriation authority for nonper- sonal service payments by various State agencies. It is the intent of this section to provide sufficient authorization for agencies to enter into contracts, the terms of which may continue beyond the life of this appropriation and for which payments for liabilities incurred beyond May 6, 2025 would be made subject to additional future appropriations. Section 4 continues authority for the Judiciary: *Provides $90 million in appropriation authority for personal service payments scheduled to be made to officers and employees of the Judiciary through May 7, 2025, *Continues $25 million in appropriation authority for nonpersonal service liabilities incurred by the Judiciary, *Continues $30 million in appropriation authority for aid to localities liabilities incurred by the Judiciary, and *Continues $300 million in appropriation authority for various employee fringe benefit programs within the Judiciary. Section 5 provides $257 million in additional appropriation authority for payments by the Department of Health to include: *$4.3 million in additional appropriation authority for the Federal Food and Nutritional Services, and *$252.8 million in additional appropriation authority for the Medical Assistance Administration Program, jointly financed by State and Federal funds. Section 6 provides $30 million in additional appropriation authority for the unemployment insurance benefits. New appropriation authority is necessary due to daily new liabilities created by those filing unemploy- ment insurance benefit claims. Section 7 provides $6.7 million in additional appropriation authority to the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities to support not- for-profit providers of essential programs and services. Section 8 provides $56,000 in additional appropriation authority to the Department of VQterans' Services for statutorily required payments to veterans experiencing homelessness. Section 9 prohibits expenditures from all appropriations until certif- icates of approval have been issued by the Director of the Budget and filed with certain State officers. Section 10 requires the Comptroller to transfer any expenditures made against these appropriations to the 2025-26 Budget appropriations after they have become law. Section 11, the severability clause, provides that if any part of this Act be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment would not invalidate the remainder of the Act. Section 12 provides that the bill takes effect immediately and is deemed to be in full force and effect on April 1, 2025, and, further, that the appropriations made in the bill will be deemed repealed upon the trans- fer of expenditures by the Comptroller pursuant to section 10 of the bill. STATEMENT IN SUPPORT: This bill will allow the State to make certain payments and incur certain liabilities during the period April 1 through May 7, 20

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Recorded votes

• Vote: Committee vote · Rules

  Senate RulesMay 1, 2025Result: passed

  Voted yes (17)Voted no (1)Voted present (0)Absent (3)

  See member positions for the vote on May 1, 2025 (Committee vote · Rules)

• Vote: Floor vote

  NY SenateMay 1, 2025Result: passedSenate vote on A8115, the matching Assembly bill.

  Voted yes (50)Voted no (4)Voted present (0)Absent (8)

  See member positions for the vote on May 1, 2025 (Floor vote)

Full history

1. May 1, 2025

   Sent to the executive

   DELIVERED TO SENATE

   NY Assembly

2. May 1, 2025

   Ordered to Third Reading CAL.912

   ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.912

   NY Senate

3. May 1, 2025

   Passed a chamber

   PASSED ASSEMBLY

   NY Assembly

4. May 1, 2025

   Passed a chamber

   PASSED SENATE

   NY Senate

5. May 1, 2025

   Referred to committee

   REFERRED TO RULES

   NY Senate

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